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A Horrible Way to Die [Blu-ray] (2011)

AJ Bowen , Amy Seimetz , Adam Wingard  |  R |  Blu-ray
2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg
  • Directors: Adam Wingard
  • Format: Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: ANCHOR BAY
  • DVD Release Date: September 6, 2011
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0055V0K90
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,324 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Forget everything you've ever seen in a serial killer movie and get ready for the chiller that stunned festival audiences around the world: Notorious murderer Garrick Turrell (AJ Bowen of HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and HATCHET II) has escaped from police custody and resumed his killing spree. His former girlfriend Sarah (Amy Seimetz of ALEXANDER THE LAST) is a recovering alcoholic trying to put her life back together in a new town with a new man (Joe Swanberg of NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS). Her past continues to haunt her. And now her ex-boyfriend is leaving a trail of slaughter in his hunt to find her. From Adam Wingard, the director of the award-winning film POP SKULL and screenwriter Simon Barrett (DEAD BIRDS) comes the movie experience that is emotionally raw, disturbingly graphic and brutally real. Prepare yourself for A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Well Written But Horribly Filmed September 21, 2011
Format:DVD|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
I was so excited to get this film. The title of my review would be `A Horrible Film to Watch'. All I had to do now was sit through this direct to video dreck and then slap out a review. Problem is the movie wasn't bad and I had to shelve my snarky review title. Sure it has problems but by and large I think it's successful in achieving the director's vision (for better or for worse).

The story basically follows two threads. First, we follow serial killer Garrick Turrell as he escapes police capture and resumes his killing spree. We actually spend quite a bit of time with the killer and it's clear that he's tortured [so to speak] by his own evil acts even as he commits them. This could have been handled in an eye rolling manner but I thought it was actually done quite well. AJ Bowen gives a pretty good performance as a self loathing killer. In fact I thought the casting overall was well done. The other storyline follows a pair of recovering alcoholics, Sarah and Kevin, who begin a relationship after they meet at an AA meeting. Based on the title I assumed that at some point Sarah, Kevin and Garrick would meet and someone, maybe everyone, would die horribly. It wasn't something I looked forward to since the director did a good job of making Sarah and Kevin both believable and sympathetic. My concern was that the director was just setting the audience up for an extended, cringe worthy torture scene. I won't spill the beans on what happens but the ending was not as I predicted.

So where does the movie go wrong? The photography is vomit inducing. The camera pans in, the camera pans out, we get weird little cuts and sometimes it feels like the cameraman just sort of gently goes to sleep as the camera slowly falls away. Most scenes end with the camera losing focus causing me eyestrain.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I am not sure why but I expected so much less from this movie when I popped it in my DVD player. I cannot explain why I had this bias, but I did. I am very happy to say that this movie surprised me. I found it to be very engaging, different, disturbing and (somewhat) believable. In other words, I really liked it.

To summarize the plot, Sarah (Amy Seimetz) is recently sober and has been attending AA meetings for about four months. Still waters run deep with Sarah and it is written over her face that there is emotional turbulence plaguing her life. In her home group she meets Kevin (Joe Swanberg) and an awkward intimacy blooms between the two of them. Meanwhile, Garrick Turrell (AJ Bowen) is an extremely dangerous serial killer who has just escaped from prison and is on the run. As he eludes the authorities he begins killing again. Garrick's goal is to go after Sarah; she is both his ex-girlfriend and the one who turned him in.

I do not want to minimize the plot, but this is basically the story. I am not attempting to belittle the story, but it isn't very complex. Notwithstanding, the manner in which the tale unfolds is what makes it unique. The narrative is interwoven; the present and former events are blended together. A perfect example of this is Sarah working and then going to AA meeting morphs to her being at home with Garrick. The movie isn't very linear. I actually find non-liner to be very refreshing, yet even I was befuddled at times. As for the violence, it is true dualism in the sense that it is subtle and graphic. Some of the killings are left to the imagination and others are a splatter fest. This is a movie making ruse I haven't seen before and I welcomed it.

I felt the acting in this film was really good.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of serial killer film September 28, 2011
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Don't be misled by A Horrible Way to Die's misleading grindhouse-tastic title. Up until the film's final minutes, there is but one onscreen death, and every Argento fan has seen much worse. This is not an exploitative B-horror movie filling the screen with blood and death. This is a slow-burn lead-up that takes two character threads and slowly brings them together into one of the most never-see-it-coming sequence of twists I've ever seen. Up until then it's not really a thrilling film, and actually seems to suffer from an identity crisis of sorts while leaving questions unanswered (like "how does seeing a screw on the floor of a police car equal an escape from custody?") in it's push to get to the finale. But if you are a fan of serial killer films, I can't honestly say you should pass this one by. It is a rare original.

A Horrible Way to Die is the story of two people. One, a notorious serial killer with a rabid online fan base, and the other an innocent woman trying to get her life together through Alcoholics Anonymous. While the killer evades police and racks up his body count while on the road, the woman begins a relatably awkward romance with a fellow recovering alcoholic. What these two stories have to do with one another, you will have to wait and see. The film takes it's time slowly filling in backstory and details of the past using flashbacks, but once it gets there AHWTD really earns it's stripes.

As serial killer films go, this is one that eschews both the standards of Hollywood and the excesses of slasher and hardcore horror films. This one is first and foremost about the characters, and the cast does an excellent job of portraying the vulnerability of it's characters.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars I Miss the Old Adam Wingard
I miss the old Adam Wingard.
When he first came onto the scene with "Home Sick" I was blown clean outta my socks, out the window, and onto my front porch. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Captain Insanity
1.0 out of 5 stars A horrible way to die is a horrible way to make a movie.
The writer, Simon Barrett, wrote a commendable and very interesting story which the director/editor, Adam Windgard, completely butchered with the help of the photgraphers, Chris... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Henry Pruess
2.0 out of 5 stars Horrible
Just Horrible!!!! I spent $8.00 on this and i will not go as low as to sell it.
More about hanging in bars aa mettings Dull killing Horrible plot just plain Horrible! Read more
Published 4 months ago by ORANGETIME3
3.0 out of 5 stars Good intentions, mediocre execution.
A Horrible Way to Die (Adam Wingard, 2010)

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Published 5 months ago by Robert P. Beveridge
1.0 out of 5 stars A Horrible film to Watch.
"A Horrible Way to Die" is really a horrible film to watch. It just muddles along and along never really getting anywhere until the end. Read more
Published 7 months ago by HorrorMan
1.0 out of 5 stars A Horrible film to Watch
"A Horrible Way to Die" is really a horrible film to watch. It just muddles along and along never really getting anywhere until the end. Read more
Published 7 months ago by HorrorMan
2.0 out of 5 stars An average way to be entertained
The title kind of lends itself to the obvious digs: horrible way to direct, horrible way to act, horrible way to shoot, etc. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Robert Cossaboon
1.0 out of 5 stars A horrible movie to bore yourself to death with.
A Zach Galifinakis impersonator escapes from either prison or a mental care unit with the aid of a single loose screw. He then tracks down his girlfriend who he used to abuse. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Micheal Hunt
2.0 out of 5 stars Great ending, held back by horrible technical flaws.....
A Horrible Way To Die is a mediocre horror/thriller. It follows a recovering alcoholic and her serial-killer ex-boyfriend. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jonathan
3.0 out of 5 stars AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
The movie opens with a murder during the cold of fall. A man wakes up from dozing off in his car. He gets out and opens the trunk and removes a bound and gagged woman. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Michael
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